Bread server



C. LORBER.

BREAD SERVER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-6. I922.

131 8, 1 58. Patented y 30, 1922.

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cEAaLEsLoRBER, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BREAD I Application filed lanuary Be it known that CHARLES LORBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville in the countyof Jefferson and State of Kentucky, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bread Servers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing devices and has special reference to a-bread serving device.

One important object of the invention is to improve the general construction of devices of this character.

A second important object'of the inven-- tion is to provide an improved bread serving device in which the sliced 'bread may be and from which the slices may be.

placed manually withdrawn one by one without in or interfering with the remaining slices 0 bread.

A third object'of the invention is to provide an improved bread serving. device protected wherein the bread is thoroughly f h ing 9 r from dust and in which hand bread by picking over the slices is positively the invention is to pro- A fourth object of vide axdevice of this character in which the end slice of a series of slices of bread will be positioned for ready'grasping by a per son desiring bread, the remaining slices being in such position as. to prevent more than one slice being withdrawn at a time without great inconvenience of manipulation.

- A fifth object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein simple and convenient means will be em ployed for feeding the slices successively into position for grasping the means being of novel and improved character.

' With the above and other objects in. view,

" the invention consists ingeneral of certain acters of reference mdicate like parts in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, like charseveral views, and

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved bread serving device.

Figurea2 is a vertical longitudinal section therethrough.

Figure 3 is a'section on the line of Fi"re2.- v. 11' carrying out this invention 1n the em- Specification of Letters Patent.

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bodiment illustrated there is provided an outer tray or casing having a bottom 10 and substantially triangular side walls 11. At the rear end there is a low rear wall 12 perpendlcular to the bottom 10 while at the front end is a lower front wall 13 which is incl ned forwardly. The upper rear corners of the sidewalls 11 are connected by a cross brace 14 while across the front between the s1de walls is a perforated or reticulated tray or plate 15.

The inneror bread holding casing is 'provided with a bottom 16, sides 17 and rear 18. These sides, bottom and rear are open in the center as. can be clearly'seen from reference to Figures 1 and 2 and it is to be noted that there may be either one of these bread holding members or a plurality of the 1 same employed, the outer tray being of appropriate width in each instance to accommodate the desired number of the bread holders. Each bread holder is in like inanner provided at "its top with inwardly extending flange portions 19 which terminate short of the rear wall 18 so that an'open space is left.in the rear end of the ,bread holder for loading the same. At the front of the bread-holder there is provided a front wall 20 of somewhat less than half the height of the side walls and this front wall is in clined forwardly. Also the front of each bread holder is provided with a transverse angled member 21 which engages on the reticulated plate 15 asshown in Figure 2 to support the front end of the device. In each of the bread holders is mounted a pusher block consisting of a casing 22 which is provided with a weight 23 so disposed. that it extends somewhat along the curved rear part ofthe casing and also alon the bottom end a short distance up the stralght side or front 24: of said casing. These 'followers are mounted on readily move d'own the inclined bottom 16' of the respective bread holder. It will be seen that by ,reason ofthe peculiar arrangement of the weight on the follower casing presto any extent and consequently the slices of bread are not crushed by. the follower.

Inuse the bread is sliced either by hand or by suitable slicing machines and inserted in the proper bread holder from the top rear part thereof, the follower being moved to the rear ,endof the bread container for this purpose. The holder having been filledballrollers 25 so that they sure is exerted only on the crust. of the bread it is placed in the outer tray in the position shown in Figure 2. The slices of bread at the front will, owing to the inclination. of the side tilt forward as shown so thatitr be ,noted that when the service of bread is dispensed with the container may be lifted from its position shown in Figure 2 and de- ,posited in the bottom of the outer tray. Any

26 crumbs falling off of the front slice of bread will not accumulate on the reticulated plate 15, but will drop through and thus there will be no unsightly collection of crumbs and scraps of crust.

and efficient device of the kind described and forthe purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the .form and construction of the invention without departing from the matei'ial principles thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the" invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed. Havin thus described the invention, what is claime as new, is i I. In a device of the kind described, a

1 bread container having a forwardly inclined front wall extending from. the bottom towards the top and the said co'ntainembeing open in the front above saidfront wall, means .to support the container in an inclined position'with the front lower than the rear, means within the container for urging sliced bread tothe, front thereof, a housing for said container wherein the container may be rested, and means in the housing for supporting the container removably in an in-' clined position.

2. In a device of the kind described, a bread container having a forwardly inclined front wall extending from the bottom towards the top and the said container being open in the front above said front wall, means tosupport the container in an inclined. position with the front lower than the rear, means within the container for urging sliced bread to the front thereof, said means being arranged to exert pressure on the crust of the bread at the lower part of the slice, a housing for said container wherein the container may be rested, and means in the housing for supporting the container re- -movably in an inclined position. There has thus been provlded a simplev 3. In a device of the kind described; a bread container having a forwardly inclined front wall extending from the bottom towards the top and the said container being open in the front above said front wall, means to support the container in an inclined position with the front lower than the rear, and means within the container for urging sliced bread to the front thereof, said last mentioned means comprising a follower movable longitudinally of, the container,

balls rotatably mounted, in the bottom of the follower and resting on the bottom of the container and a weight disposed in the lower part of said follower. I

In testimony whereof. I afiix my si ature,

CHARLES LOB ER. 

